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wifi tether??

hey guys I want to tether , my sister wants some internet were in the car and I see i got to the mobile hot spot and she gets a message from T-Mobile but I'm rooted ?? well I'm rooted but a stock ROM off tmobile LH2 version so what do I have to do ?
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xxjrsmith3xx said:
hey guys I want to tether , my sister wants some internet were in the car and I see i got to the mobile hot spot and she gets a message from T-Mobile but I'm rooted ?? well I'm rooted but a stock ROM off tmobile LH2 version so what do I have to do ?
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Call T-Mobile and add tethering to your account and stop being cheap :laugh:
Sept 5th they are adding true unlimited data for 20.00 a month and dropping the tethering fee to 10.00 so for 30.00 a month you can have true (no caps and no slow downs) unlimited data WITH tethering. With that kind of price I see no logical reason to try and skirt around paying for tethering.

Bupahs said:
Call T-Mobile and add tethering to your account and stop being cheap :laugh:
Sept 5th they are adding true unlimited data for 20.00 a month and dropping the tethering fee to 10.00 so for 30.00 a month you can have true (no caps and no slow downs) unlimited data WITH tethering. With that kind of price I see no logical reason to try and skirt around paying for tethering.
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not because I'm cheap trust me on that one , and I thought the unlimited was 30 not 20 and tether was going to be added to the 30 more ??
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I personally can see one very good reason. I like having the option if needed, but have only ever found a need for it maybe 3 or 4 times in over a year.
Sorry, but im not gonna pay $120 a year for something I hardly ever use. Besides, we already pay for the data why should we have to pay more because of how we use it.
(I can understand a small fee for the true unlimited plan coming out, but for any other plans I think its just another way these companies like to squeeze customers for money).
@OP
Try the app called simply, WiFi Tether. Should be on market and theres a thread for it somewhere on here. Always worked pretty good for me.
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Also, if im not mistaken, the unlimited plan will be $30, not $20.
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Check this..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802491

du1sbo said:
Check this..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802491
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Cool, thats exactly the one I wss talking about. Thanks for posting the link!
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Bupahs said:
Call T-Mobile and add tethering to your account and stop being cheap :laugh:
Sept 5th they are adding true unlimited data for 20.00 a month and dropping the tethering fee to 10.00 so for 30.00 a month you can have true (no caps and no slow downs) unlimited data WITH tethering. With that kind of price I see no logical reason to try and skirt around paying for tethering.
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Unlimited for $20 is ONLY for value plans. It's $30 for classic plans.

joshnichols189 said:
Unlimited for $20 is ONLY for value plans. It's $30 for classic plans.
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Gotcha, I stand somewhat corrected! I dont have the value plan so had no real reason to remember bout it.
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T-Mobile Blocking Wi-Fi Tether

So it looks like T-Mobile is blocking wi-fi tether now. It was working perfect ever since I bought my S3, but today I turn on wifi tether and all is working then I get two text messages from T-mobile (see attached image). AS soon as I received the second message my tether stopped working. I am rooted running XquizIt v70 Rom, KT747 9-5 Kernel WiFi tether 3.2 beta 2. My computer I was tethering to is a MacBook Pro running Lion using google chrome browser.
This is just a heads up to you guys and if anyone knows a workaround let me know.

How did they block it if you're rooted? Weird.

I know, it sucks. I'm curious to see if others are running into the same thing. I rarely use Wi-Fi tether but I like to have it just in case. Sometimes when I'm at starbucks their wifi is so slow.

Did you upgrade to the "Truly" Unlimited 4G Plan?

Do u have the new unlimited plan? If so, you can't tether hitspot wifi anymore with that plan.
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Try a different app like Barnacle wifi tether or FoxFi. I've heard of success stories (lol) using Foxfi on Stock Rooted OTA LH2.

Yes, I'm on the new truly unlimited plan, but it has been working flawlessly for the past week, up until today. I will try some other apps and see if they work.

I thought they couldn't detect if you were using the app if you were rooted using wifi tether for root? I was about to get the truly unlimited plan and use it to tether to my nexus and laptop.

davidbudd1 said:
Yes, I'm on the new truly unlimited plan, but it has been working flawlessly for the past week, up until today. I will try some other apps and see if they work.
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Just curious.. Can you run the Speed Test app and let us know what you get?

Chicago281 said:
How did they block it if you're rooted? Weird.
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how does being root have to do anything with data? do you know what root mean?
anyway op, use the tether wifi ap and use firefox not chrome. see if that work.

G1_enthusiast said:
how does being root have to do anything with data? do you know what root mean?
anyway op, use the tether wifi ap and use firefox not chrome. see if that work.
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Do you know if I should be able to use the tether wifi app to tether my siii and connect from my nexus 7 tablet?

agtitan said:
Do you know if I should be able to use the tether wifi app to tether my siii and connect from my nexus 7 tablet?
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i been doing it, just change your user agent to either android or desktop, dont change to ipad in the string or else it will be block.

G1_enthusiast said:
how does being root have to do anything with data? do you know what root mean?
anyway op, use the tether wifi ap and use firefox not chrome. see if that work.
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Yes I know what rooted means. However he could have updated and lost his root? Anything is a possibility. You don't need to come in here trolling like an asshole. Go play in traffic on your nearest freeway.

Well, I downloaded firefox and everythinng is working on firefox. Interesting. I had even changed the user agent on chrome to android and it still didn't work on Chrome. Well I guess I will have to add firefox back into my mix of browsers.

Have you tried Chrome Canary? It's basically a cutting edge, development version of Chrome. Sounds like T-Mobile is blocking user agent string (which have nothing to do with wifi tether app).

For some reason T-Mobile has been lenient about tethering , but now that these new plans are out, I'm pretty sure they will be releasing the tether blocking kraken!
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deviusdragger said:
For some reason T-Mobile has been lenient about tethering , but now that these new plans are out, I'm pretty sure they will be releasing the tether blocking kraken!
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thats why i'm kiind of furious all these fools bragging how they tether 30-40 gigs a month...its just stupid.
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Chicago281 said:
Yes I know what rooted means. However he could have updated and lost his root? Anything is a possibility. You don't need to come in here trolling like an asshole. Go play in traffic on your nearest freeway.
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trololololol

G1_enthusiast said:
thats why i'm kiind of furious all these fools bragging how they tether 30-40 gigs a month...its just stupid.
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trololololol
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You might want to watch what you say around here, btw I edited your post.
I may not have the S3 but tethering works fine on my sensation running cm10 HD.

Chicago281 said:
How did they block it if you're rooted? Weird.
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Browser detection on their end. If you're going to tether it's best to do it through a VPN, that way they cannot even look at your traffic.

The new contract for unlimited data states that you can not share your network in any way including wifi hotspot and tethering, that's why I didn't change my account. Its also Mobile data and not true data and before anyone asks there is a difference and certain non mobile web access wont work. Its messed up and deceiving when your use too true web data access.
They offered me a separate package for tethering with a 6 month trial period (3 months with 20$ off my account and full price after the first 3) and I never use it but if your one of those people that need it I would ask about it.
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[tethering issues] because of t-mobile's greediness

Okay so when I signed up my contract I was on a plan with unlimited Data. I'm never using more then 2 GB, I use the tethering so rarely and yesterday I turned it on because I needed to check something on one website and I got to T-Mobile Page saying that I have to update (wtf?) I already paid for my data, who are they to decide how and where I can use my data? They don't know what the heck they're doing.
I never had any issues like this before, I was tethering just fine and now they suddenly decided that I need to update my plan? Well hell no I'm not going to do it.
So let's pick this thing apart and figure out how to tether without going to their stupid - UPDATE ME page. Mofos what a lame thing they did, I'm so disappointed from T-Mobile right now. (Yea let's do it let's make a couple extra cashhhhhh, it wouldn't hurt rightt??)
I've read that it would work if I delete Tethering Manager or Tethering Provisions with Titanium Backup, I'm on official Stock ICS rooted / I deleted Tethering Provisions only because I don't have Tethering manager in my apps and still nothing - I'm still gething redirected.
I just want to mention that when I deleted Tethering provisions (I restarted the phone, the tethering worked for like 5 minutes and then stopped working again).
So anyone have any ideas how to stop them from screwing around with their clients?

You weren't aware the 2gb plan did not come with tethering? It's told to you when you choose the plan. 5gb and 10gb do, unlimited 4G does not, nor does 2gb.
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algorhythm said:
You weren't aware the 2gb plan did not come with tethering? It's told to you when you choose the plan. 5gb and 10gb do, unlimited 4G does not, nor does 2gb.
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Yeah, it says it anywhere you look at plan info on the website.
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Tmobile blocks tethering from their end. To tether you'll need to use chrome as tmobile cant tell the difference from the mobile chrome browser.

Ok it doesn't metter I wasn't aware ok? So how do we fix it?

martybg said:
Ok it doesn't metter I wasn't aware ok? So how do we fix it?
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Add tethering.
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algorhythm said:
Add tethering.
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This is the easiest way to make sure it works 100%... You can have tethering working with chrome browser, and most other tablets or phones. Tmobile can't tell the difference. Anything else is hit or miss...

Instead of using the stock tethering option download a separate application for tethering. Although some of them are still blocked I have heard that using the clock work mod tethering app will work. I guess mainly because it uses an app on your phone and a client app on the computer.
But there are several apps out that will get around t Mobile blocking tethering. Just looking up and trying out..
Also if you use AOKP . the built in tethering works fine it might also be the same in cM 10 or even 9. I know this because I use the brand new fully unlimited 4 G Plan and I need full to tether just fine to my laptop without any extra applications.
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pottyvick said:
This is the easiest way to make sure it works 100%... You can have tethering working with chrome browser, and most other tablets or phones. Tmobile can't tell the difference. Anything else is hit or miss...
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I use chrome all the time and I get the tmo website. the reason you see the page now is because old tmobile sim cards takes a while for them to realize that you are tethering. as the new sim doesnt. tmobile probably already figured you were tethering.
you can also flash a custom rom and then you can tether that way

gypsy214 said:
I use chrome all the time and I get the tmo website. the reason you see the page now is because old tmobile sim cards takes a while for them to realize that you are tethering. as the new sim doesnt. tmobile probably already figured you were tethering.
you can also flash a custom rom and then you can tether that way
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I am on Jedi Mind Trick and tethering only works for me on chrome and my ps3 when using netflix or the youtube app... from what i've read tmobile is using user agent strings to block tethering... Meaning if you use IE then they know its a desktop and block it. They dont know the netflix im using is from the ps3... but again, thats what i read. I will try that fox wifi app i read about...

Tethering works on cm9 for me
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All of the above reply's are not correct I tried different ROMS and it still redirects me to their website, I tried outside applications too it doesn't work
and yes I tried the AOKP and CM 9 or 10 too, same thing

bmakk2055 said:
Tethering works on cm9 for me
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On a laptop/dektop with any browser or program?
And on the new unlimited plan?

pottyvick said:
On a laptop/dektop with any browser or program?
And on the new unlimited plan?
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How much does it cost the new unlimited plan, because right now when I get redirected it asks me to add tethering for $14.99, does that mean that I have to pay my $10 bucks for internet + $14.99 for tether?

martybg said:
How much does it cost the new unlimited plan, because right now when I get redirected it asks me to add tethering for $14.99, does that mean that I have to pay my $10 bucks for internet + $14.99 for tether?
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10 bucks? what data plan do you have?

martybg said:
All of the above reply's are not correct I tried different ROMS and it still redirects me to their website, I tried outside applications too it doesn't work
and yes I tried the AOKP and CM 9 or 10 too, same thing
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You must have missed my reply to add the tethering option to your plan
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algorhythm said:
You must have missed my reply to add the tethering option to your plan
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Its not needed.. only if you want to tether without any hassles...

Then you guys have missed my first post, I signed for unlimited internet in the beginning like I said my plan is old and who are they to tell me how I should use my internet? If that sound fair to you for me it doesn't!

martybg said:
Then you guys have missed my first post, I signed for unlimited internet in the beginning like I said my plan is old and who are they to tell me how I should use my internet? If that sound fair to you for me it doesn't!
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it doesnt state in the OP that you on the new unlimited plan. But either way, its Tmobiles network and they decide what to do with it. Without paying for tethering you will not be able to tether without issues from time to time. Try an app called foxfi, that might work...

martybg said:
who are they to tell me how I should use my internet?
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They are your provider. I don't agree with it but it is what it is.
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[Q] Wi-Fi calling and rate plan

This might already be common knowledge but I didnt see an answer when I searched this forum but..
Does Wi-Fi calling use rate plan minutes? It says here http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1680 that it does (I believe), but in which situations would it NOT use rate plan minutes? Is there a way to modify my note 2 to not use rate plan minutes when on wi-fi calling?
On this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655086&page=4 they say it does NOT use rate plan minutes so I'm a little confused.
Thanks in advance!

Jinra321 said:
This might already be common knowledge but I didnt see an answer when I searched this forum but..
Does Wi-Fi calling use rate plan minutes? It says here http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1680 that it does (I believe), but in which situations would it NOT use rate plan minutes? Is there a way to modify my note 2 to not use rate plan minutes when on wi-fi calling?
On this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655086&page=4 they say it does NOT use rate plan minutes so I'm a little confused.
Thanks in advance!
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You have to call Tmobile and tell them you want to add it . You can online also.

deeznutz1977 said:
You have to call Tmobile and tell them you want to add it . You can online also.
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I already have wi-fi calling and it is blue and says it's ready, but my question is if it's suppose to use rate plan minutes or not

Jinra321 said:
This might already be common knowledge but I didnt see an answer when I searched this forum but..
Does Wi-Fi calling use rate plan minutes? It says here http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1680 that it does (I believe), but in which situations would it NOT use rate plan minutes? Is there a way to modify my note 2 to not use rate plan minutes when on wi-fi calling?
On this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655086&page=4 they say it does NOT use rate plan minutes so I'm a little confused.
Thanks in advance!
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It does use rate plan minutes.
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If you are in a contract monthly plan the Wi-Fi calling is free and does not use your rate plan minutes. You have to activate the feature first, by calling tmobile or through your account online. Your Wi-Fi calls will show up as using a different pool rather than your 500 or whatever amount minutes.
This does not work on prepaid.
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Rhiannon224 said:
It does use rate plan minutes.
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Hm, how about this? http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/t-mobile-bring-unlimited-wifi-calling-back/
Has policy changed since last year?

Jinra321 said:
Hm, how about this? http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/t-mobile-bring-unlimited-wifi-calling-back/
Has policy changed since last year?
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I guess it did. I have been with t mobile since last August and when I used it on my Sensation it popped up on the screen that it used plan minutes every time I used it. Also T Mo cs and store manager said it uses plan minutes.
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If you are in a contract monthly plan the Wi-Fi calling is free and does not use your rate plan minutes. You have to activate the feature first, by calling tmobile or through your account online. Your Wi-Fi calls will show up as using a different pool rather than your 500 or whatever amount minutes.
This does not work on prepaid.
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I am on contract plan with unlimited talk & text, 2gb data and it definitely uses plan minutes, maybe different plans have different wifi calling rates, idk.
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It doesn't use plan minutes.
I am new to t-Mobile and this is the first thing I checked
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mxmarcus said:
It doesn't use plan minutes.
I am new to t-Mobile and this is the first thing I checked
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Are you on contract?

https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-document?content=/api/core/v1/documents/1680
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Ok..I just signed up with t mobile..what I was told was wifi calling was no min from your home address only..it uses your phone gps to detect
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redhatter said:
Ok..I just signed up with t mobile..what I was told was wifi calling was no min from your home address only..it uses your phone gps to detect
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So your gps can pick up satellites indoors? According to their website it uses plan minutes. I've learned not to really on anything customer service says, they are pretty clueless. Technical support read from a script and just repeat back every word you say and just say I am sorry. I usually have better luck troubleshooting without them. They tried to get me to make an insurance claim because I had dust accumulating under the screen and a warranty. They sent me a refurb with a chewed up SIM card slot.
Maybe I am wrong but I have been told over a dozen times in the past year by them that it uses plan minutes.
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As an employee of T-Mobile I just wanted to set the record straight and let everybody know that wifi calling does indeed use rate plan minutes. The reasoning is that even though the voice call is being routed over the internet it still has to eventually go through T-mobiles towers and network before it reaches the final destination (receiving party) regardless of the carrier. This is a common question that we get from customers regarding billing inquiries. WiFi calling is a free feature, in the fact that we do not charge extra for this service. Like other carriers in additional hardware. However, WiFi Calling is subjected to the same terms of service as utilizing a tower.
(Ex-500 anytime minute plan pricing with unlimited tmobile to tmobile & nights and weekends at no extra charge.)
The only way to protect yourself from overages besides monitoring those minutes is to get the unlimited anytime minute plan or the new unlimited any mobile feature, to ensure no overage surprises. Know its wordy but I Hope it helps.
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Advanced calling free for unlimited data users?

Is this the case? Wondering if I can activate it on my note 4 that still has unlimited data. Just don't want to change my unlimited data.
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i have the same question , have u tried calling customer service?

I activated it a few days ago on my unlimited plan and it still shows unlimited on the website. It also confirmed with me after i hit the activate button on the phone that there would be no increase in my bill.

Yeah I went ahead and did it. No issues and still showing unlimited data. I chatted Verizon and they said it wouldn't change anything.
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After adding it your verizon accoun, do you have to change any settings on the phone?
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After adding it your verizon account, do you have to change any settings on the phone? Also does this work on kit kat? Im rooted and dont want to take the lolpop update.